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Nathalie Provost, mass shooting survivor and spokesperson for gun-control group PolySeSouvient, says it is "incredibly disrespectful" for firearm rights advocates to invoke the group's name in a merchandise sale discount code.

Canada has sanctioned a high-profile former Tehran police chief whose appearance at a Toronto-area gym last year sparked outrage and allegations that Canada is a haven for high-ranking members of Iran’s regime.

Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff, who was killed last month outside a bowling alley in Houston.

It's a sea change for the province, where enrolment has steadily dropped from over since the early 1970s. But record immigration and migration in recent years is driving a rebound.

Jaida Lee of St. John's visited the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Mary’s, Ont., on Friday to get a look at a display case dedicated to female baseball, with the ball she used for a historic first pitch prominently displayed.

Russian attacks have damaged large swaths of Ukraine’s electricity grid, leaving people without reliable power, light and heating. Matt Galloway talks to Ukrainians dealing with these blackouts, with a determination that life continues.

Referred to as Qatar’s first person to come out publicly as gay, Dr. Nasser Mohamed thought having the World Cup on his home soil was the perfect opportunity to shed light on the country’s mistreatment of LGBTQ2+ people.

A man using a dumpster to seek shelter from the cold in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley found himself trapped inside a garbage truck early Thursday morning.

A man using a dumpster to seek shelter from the cold in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley found himself trapped inside a garbage truck early Thursday morning, an incident that outreach groups say highlights the dangers of the region's housing crisis.

The interim director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada says recent staff changes, which have sparked concern among former employees and critics, reflect the need for necessary transformation at the country's premier arts institution. 

Information obtained by The Canadian Press shows a lack of procedural understanding in RCMP's communication with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre requesting the assistance of a military aircraft to search for gunman who killed 22 people in April 2020.

Information obtained by The Canadian Press shows a lack of procedural understanding in RCMP's communication with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre requesting the assistance of a military aircraft to search for gunman who killed 22 people in April 2020.

The organization has unveiled the two names in the running to rebrand the group for girls ages seven and eight.

The organization has unveiled the two names in the running to rebrand the group for girls ages seven and eight.

Lawyers for "Freedom Convoy" organizers have won their bid to get access to unredacted versions of 20 documents at the Public Order Emergency Act.

Ayub Khezrnejad posted a video of his father's home, which had raided by Iranian security forces on Nov. 19. Shortly after, he was summoned for questioning by the Iranian judiciary and believed to be arrested.

The federal government is preparing to consult the public on the possible creation of a foreign agent registry as a means of preventing outside interference in Canadian affairs, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says.

Hockey Canada says there were more than 900 documented or alleged incidents of on-ice discrimination — verbal taunts, insults and intimidation — across all levels and age groups during the 2021-22 season.

Rosie MacLennan has not just been a champion in her sport, she has championed the voices of athletes as an advocate and leader her entire career.

Rosie MacLennan has not just been a champion in her sport, she has championed the voices of athletes as an advocate and leader her entire career.

Montreal police and the Sûreté du Québec are being ordered to pay about $292,000 in damages to four stage technicians who survived the 2012 Métropolis election night shooting.

Montreal police and the Sûreté du Québec are being ordered to pay about $292,000 in damages to four stage technicians who survived the 2012 Métropolis election night shooting.

They will never be confused with a top-of-the-line Tesla. But the low-speed electric vehicles being manufactured by a company in Vernon, B.C., are starting to find their market — from private buyers to community organizations to a major national company. 

Canada's economy added 10,000 jobs last month, in line with what economists were expecting, and enough to push the jobless rate down to 5.1 per cent.

A former Texas police officer who shot and wounded a 17-year-old as the teen put his car in reverse while eating a hamburger has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant and one count of attempted murder, prosecutors said Thursday.

Vancouver's Jeremiah Macadam will be representing Canada at the World AeroPress Championship, taking place in Vancouver through Saturday. 

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss bank fraud and other charges against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies whose 2018 arrest strained relations between the U.S. and China.

RCMP say greater Fredericton area residents can return to normal activities after two people were shot in a mini-home park on Friday morning.

RCMP say greater Fredericton area residents could return to normal activities after two people were shot in a mini-home park on Friday morning.

Fredericton police are asking residents to avoid the Hanwell Road area near Kingswood golf course after two people were shot Friday morning.

Fredericton police are asking residents to avoid the Hanwell Road area near Kingswood golf course after two people were shot Friday morning.

Fredericton police are asking residents to avoid the Hanwell Road area near Kingswood golf course after two people were shot Friday morning.

RCMP have issued an emergency alert about two armed and dangerous people in the Oromocto and greater Fredericton area after two other people were shot.

RCMP say greater Fredericton area residents could return to normal activities after two people were shot in a mini-home park on Friday morning.

When asked, the ministry of municipal affairs and housing did not provide CBC News with a list of the select municipalities it intends to audit for a "factual understanding of their finances, including their reserve funds and development charge administration".

There are no family doctors accepting new patients in the city, located about 15 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. The lack of primary care is creating an increased burden for the city's walk-in clinics.

A study to be published soon on levies and taxes paid by the petroleum industry in the United States shows property taxes charged on oil refineries south of the border average several million dollars more than what the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John has been paying.

A Toronto college student says she had trouble feeding her family and racked up thousands of dollars in debt because of a delay in receiving her OSAP payments. Denise Daley says the province would neither acknowledge the delay nor explain it to her.

HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis testing is being offered in certain pharmacies across Newfoundland as of Thursday. The tests are part of a research study to increase education about STDs and to encourage people to get tested.

Two years and eight months. 140 weeks. Just under 1,000 days. That's all the time left before St. John's welcomes the country's top young athletes for the 2025 Canada Games.

A CBC Marketplace investigation into CDI College, one of Canada’s largest for-profit career colleges, has found a pattern of misleading practices being used to pressure would-be students into signing up for online programs that can cost upward of $20,000.

Valérie Grenier is ready to return "for real" to super-G and speed racing on Sunday at a World Cup stop in Lake Louise, Alta., nearly four years after the Canadian skier broke her right leg in four places in a training run and suffered a subsequent mental block.

Canada managed to resolve its most pressing complaint about the Buy-American provisions in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. But the Europeans are still steaming over what it could mean for electric vehicle manufacuring. The French president's visit to Washington highlights lingering trade tensions at a perilous trans-Atlantic moment.

The man charged in the gruesome 1983 killings of Susan Tice and Erin Gilmour in Toronto was arrested after police eliminated his four brothers from their investigation of the cold cases, The Fifth Estate has learned.

Valérie Grenier is ready to return "for real" to super-G and speed racing on Sunday at a World Cup stop in Lake Louise, Alta., nearly four years after the Canadian skier broke her right leg in four places in a training run and suffered a subsequent mental block.

Elected officials in a Greater Toronto Area township are worried a possible deal that could see a developer donate Greenbelt land for a new hospital will also lead to unwanted residential development in the same area. 

Elected officials in a Greater Toronto Area township are worried a possible deal that could see a developer donate Greenbelt land for a new hospital will also lead to unwanted residential development in the same area. 

A northern Ontario First Nations chief filed a lawsuit claiming $200,000 in damages from the Assembly of First Nations and its National Chief RoseAnne Archibald after she accused him of corruption.

A northern Ontario First Nations chief filed a lawsuit claiming $200,000 in damages from the Assembly of First Nations and its National Chief RoseAnne Archibald after she accused him of corruption.

The Canada Border Services Agency cited examples of Iran's use of violence against civilians since 2019 to convince the federal government to ban top Iranian officials recently in power from entering Canada.